public trust

Noun

Meaning

a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

charitable trust citizen trust communal pool social trust confidence of our citizens confidence of the citizens cultural trust general trust general confidence general optimism obvious trust national integrity open trust open credits social certainty

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Hypernyms

trust

Examples

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims. Wesley Clark

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. Grover Cleveland

The practice of all my predecessors imposes on me an obligation I cheerfully fulfill-to accompany the first and solemn act of my public trust with an avowal of the principles that will guide me in performing it and an expression of my feelings on assuming a charge so responsible and vast. Martin Van Buren

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. John Boehner

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. Thomas Jefferson

I have never, not once, violated my public trust. Alan Mollohan

Close letter words and terms

public transportation public treasury public trough public trustee public unrest Public Utilities